Licuala mattanensis 'mapu'

[Cindy Adair]

Every time I visit Puerto Rico I seem to need to take new photos of this same palm. Maybe I just need to verify that I haven't killed it yet.

The mottling seems brighter on each new leaf...

[tjwalters]

Very nice! Nothing like my little potted seedling that is barely hanging on.

[Really full garden]

Beautiful palm - still on my wish list

[PalmatierMeg]

Beautiful little palm. I lost my last two palmate ones last fall. Won't try again.

[Cindy Adair]

Beautiful little palm. I lost my last two palmate ones last fall. Won't try again.

I'm so sorry! I managed to kill 3 more Pinanga maculatas this month that didn't even make it to leave Virginia. I think that makes 5 total and only 1 made it to be planted. It was dead by my next visit to PR. Not as large an investment as a 'mapu' so I'm sure I'll try again. The other Pinangas seem pretty easy with my conditions, but P. maculata I look at and it dies.

[colin Peters]

Beautiful mapu. I have had no luck with maculatas either. Tried about 4 or 5 and kept them wet enough and lots

of compost etc.

aloha

[bobchamnan]

Love your P. Mapu. For my P. Maculata, it seems to grow pretty well with new frond just started to open up.

[Pedro 65]

Very Very Stunning Licuala Mapu is indeed Cindy, I want to grow some here, thought they'd be a definite no go but if Jeff S can grow them in Florida they would have to be a goer here..If you don't try ...you don't know.. Pete

[tropicbreeze]

I've got 2 in the ground, but dry air in the dry season always has me worried. That wind just seems to go through everything.

[Trópico]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. The mottling really shows with that gradient.

I too lost a tiny seedling that I acquired for $12, it was very robust but eventually got the brown tips of death, and I knew it was a goner. I tried everything to save it but only delayed its demise.

[Bill Austin]

Cindy your mapu looks so healthy for being the ground you don't see that every often. I still have mine in pots afraid to put them in the ground they seldom look as healthy in the ground as in a pot don't know why.All your plants you post look great .

[Small palm]

Nice looking palms. That leaf pattern is interesting

[tjwalters]

Wow! Thanks for sharing. The mottling really shows with that gradient.

I too lost a tiny seedling that I acquired for $12, it was very robust but eventually got the brown tips of death, and I knew it was a goner. I tried everything to save it but only delayed its demise.

That's how my small seedling looks. Anyone have pointers on saving it? It's a couple years old and still hanging on, but has the brown tips.

[realarch]

Nice Cindy, really nice. Mine are still in pots as well, thought about planting one a couple of days ago, but decided to wait.

How big was yours when you planted it?

Bill, how are yours doing?

[Cindy Adair]

I can't really recall how big mine was when I planted it. I'm sure I have a photo, but can't seem to find it at the moment. When I do I'll add it to this thread.

I know it had at least one fan leaf unlike the one and two leafers I also planted.

One of those disappeared on a slope where I stupidly planted it before I understood that lots of water runs there when it rains. The one leafer now has 3 strap leaves with minimal visible mottling, but seems okay, just slow.

I didn't know folks even in Hawaii often leave this one in pots. Mine is in partial to full shade near my trio of Chamaedorea tuerkheimii palms. I figured that since the potato chip palms liked it in this area, that the mapu would be okay too.

[ariscott]

I've got 2 in the ground, but dry air in the dry season always has me worried. That wind just seems to go through everything.

Where did you plant them???? I hope the trees overhead isn't shedding.... It is going to be a LONG and DRY dry season this year. Keep an eye on them. Mine are all still in pots in my Borneo Jungle shadehouse.... I can't even get in there at the moment

[realarch]

Well look who chimed in! Good to hear from you again Ari.

[ariscott]

he he he... hi Tim. I have been busy.... mostly with kids' activities. And a bit over palms at the moment

[sarasota alex]

This palm has just been officially named - Licuala mattanensis var. paucisecta

http://www.academia.edu/2750146/A_revision_of_Licuala_Arecaceae_Coryphoideae_in_Borneo

[tropicbreeze]

I've got 2 in the ground, but dry air in the dry season always has me worried. That wind just seems to go through everything.

Where did you plant them???? I hope the trees overhead isn't shedding.... It is going to be a LONG and DRY dry season this year. Keep an eye on them. Mine are all still in pots in my Borneo Jungle shadehouse.... I can't even get in there at the moment

They're at the back of the dam (or dry season hole) where they'll get less south easter. Although they're under canopy I've also put shade cloth over them. Because the overhead sun shifts so much here over the year you never know when it'll find a weak spot and during those few minutes fry everything underneath. They've done well through this wet season, I thought the heat might have got to them. But humidity was always high so that would have helped. During the dry I might have to do for them what I did for the Socrateas.

[ariscott]

Good idea.... although that area at the back of your dam is always shady though, if I remember correctly. BTW, did the dam fill up this wet? Or whatever you call this wet season.... sheesh....

[Cindy Adair]

This palm has just been officially named - Licuala mattanensis var. paucisecta

http://www.academia.edu/2750146/A_revision_of_Licuala_Arecaceae_Coryphoideae_in_Borneo

Thanks! Wow, a new name for me to learn.

Not something I would normally have seen. Scanning the L. mattanensis part of the article was enough to challenge my non-botanically trained brain. However I'm saving the site reference for future use!

Just in time since I hope to get some more of these by the end of the month and now I can label them correctly. More later if they arrive as expected and I'll post photos with their correct name !

[Cindy Adair]

he he he... hi Tim. I have been busy.... mostly with kids' activities. And a bit over palms at the moment

When my kids were little, I couldn't even tell the palms apart that are hardy in Virginia so you are way ahead of me, Ari!

[ariscott]

he he he.... thank you... surprisingly some stuff survive with neglect. Some just died... but then, that's the nature of things. I do very little these days, only watering and sometimes weeding....

Edited April 15, 2013 by ariscott

[Eric F]

This palm has just been officially named - Licuala mattanensis var. paucisecta

http://www.academia.edu/2750146/A_revision_of_Licuala_Arecaceae_Coryphoideae_in_Borneo

Licuala cordata var. ashtonii looks promising

[Peter Pacific]

Cindy, your mapu looks great and you don't even live there full time! I have had one in a pot for years, right next to a C. tuerckheimii too, and I have hesitated planting it in the ground. This one needs a little TLC and perfect conditions, you have great luck.